XCode - UIWebView Not Loading - xcode

Question

I have two local .html files in the Resources folder. I'm trying to load them the following way, but only the final page loads. What am I doing wrong?
File = please_wait.html
This one does not work.
NSError *error;
NSString* path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"please_wait" ofType:#"html"];
NSString* htmlString = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:path encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:&error];
[webView loadHTMLString:htmlString baseURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path]];
//Big "do-while" loop here. It works fine so I omitted it.
File = update_graph.html
This one does not work
path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"update_graph" ofType:#"html"];
htmlString = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:path encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:&error];
[webView loadHTMLString:htmlString baseURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path]];
//Lots of code removed. All works correctly and doesn't touch webview
This last one works perfectly. Google displays.
string = #"http://google.com";
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString: string];
NSURLRequest *requestObj = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[webView loadRequest:requestObj];

Answer 1

It appears from your comment that your UIWebView loads just fine, but it does not get a chance to refresh itself on the screen until you exit your method. It is not enough to set a break point inside the method and wait for the view to load: you must exit the method before iOS realizes that it needs to call UIWebView's drawRect method.
To fix this, split your method in three parts, A B and C, and set UIWebView's delegate in A to invoke B on webViewDidFinishLoad:, and the delegate in B to call C.
Here is how to implement this: start with a delegate that can call a selector when the loading has completed:
#interface GoToNext : NSObject <UIWebViewDelegate> {
id __weak target;
SEL next;
}
-(id)initWithTarget:(id)target andNext:(SEL)next;
-(void)webViewDidFinishLoad:(UIWebView *)webView;
#end
#implementation GoNext
-(id)initWithTarget:(id)_target andNext:(SEL)_next {
self = [super init];
if (self) {
target = _target;
next = _next;
}
return self;
}
-(void)webViewDidFinishLoad:(UIWebView *)webView {
#pragma clang diagnostic push
#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Warc-performSelector-leaks"
[target performSelector:next];
#pragma clang diagnostic pop
}
#end
Now split your method into three parts - loading the first page, loading the second page, and loading the third page:
-(void)loadPleaseWait {
NSError *error;
NSString* path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"please_wait" ofType:#"html"];
NSString* htmlString = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:path encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:&error];
webView.delegate = [[GoToNext alloc] initWithTarget:self andNext:#selector(loadUpdateGraph)];
[webView loadHTMLString:htmlString baseURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path]];
// big do-while loop
}
-(void)loadUpdateGraph {
NSError *error;
NSString* path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"update_graph" ofType:#"html"];
NSString* htmlString = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:path encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:&error];
webView.delegate = [[GoToNext alloc] initWithTarget:self andNext:#selector(loadGoogle)];
[webView loadHTMLString:htmlString baseURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path]];
// Lots of code removed
}
-(void)loadGoogle {
string = #"http://google.com";
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString: string];
NSURLRequest *requestObj = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[webView loadRequest:requestObj];
}